Crib attachment for beds



Julie 1.934- F. w. XIQUES 1,964,282

CRIB ATTACHMENT FOR BEDS Filed Sept. 1, 1933 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTORMW". X;

- ATTORNEY Patented June 26, 1934 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEApplication September 1, 1933, Serial No. 687,752

Claims.

This invention relates to crib attachments for beds, and has for one ofits objects the provision of a knock-down frame that may be readilyassembled and superposed upon a bed for use as a crib.

Another object of the invention is to provide such an attachment withadjustable securing means so that the same may be secured to varioussizes of beds.

A further object of the invention is to provide such securing meanswhich may be attached to either the sides or ends of the crib structurefor securing the said structure to either the bed rails or to the headand foot portions of the bed.

A still further object of the invention is to provide crib structuresecuring means that may engage either the bedstead directly or thespring or any other element connected to the bed.

Another object is to produce a device of the character described inwhich the maximum simplicity of construction and operation is secured.Other objects and advantages will appear as the nature of theimprovements is better under- I stood, the invention consistingsubstantially in the novel arrangement and co-relation of parts hereinfully described, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, whereinsimilar reference characters are used to describe corresponding partsthroughout the several views, and then finally pointed out andspecifically defined and indicated in the appended claims.

The disclosure made the basis of exemplifying the present inventiveconcept suggests a practical embodiment thereof, but the invention isnot to be restricted to the exact details of this disclosure, and thelatter, therefore, is to be understood from an illustrative, rather thana restrictive standpoint.

, The inventive idea involved is capable of receiving a variety ofmechanical expressions, onev of which, for the purpose of illustration,is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side viewin elevation of one form of my improved crib attachment secured. to abed.

Figure 2 is a top plan view thereof.

Figure 3 isa fragmental detail view partly in section of a modified formof the invention.

Figure 4 is a detail perspsctive view of the supporting bracket utilizedin the Figure 3 modification.

Figure 5 is a view similar to Figure 1 but showing the attaching meanssecured to the ends of the crib, and

Figure 8 is a sectional view taken on line 6-3,

Figure 5.

Referring now to the drawings in detail 10 indicates a bed or cotcomprising a head post 11,- afoot post 12 and side rails 13. The saidside rails may have a plurality of brackets 14 secured to them (see Fig.6) upon which rests a bed spring 15 for supporting a mattress 16.

In the form of nm invention illustrated in Figures l and 2 I have shownthe crib 20 superposed and resting upon the mattress 16. The said cribstructure comprises a head frame 21, a foot frame 22 and side sections23 and 23a connected to said head and foot frames by means of hinges 24provided with readily removable hinge pins 25. The hinges 24 arepositioned at the juncture of the sides and the head and foot frames ofthe crib and each hinge comprises two complementary sections, one ofwhich is secured to either the head frame 21 or foot frame 22 and theother section to the side 23 or 23a, and are connected by the pins 25,which when removed enables the crib to be readily disassembled. Securedto the side section 23 there is a slideway or channel iron 26 in whichthere is slidingly or telescopically housed a pair of slides 27, each ofwhich terminates at one end in a bearing 28 in which there is looselymounted a threaded hook, pin or rod .29 provided at the bottom thereofwith a horizontal portion 30 which is adapted to engage the bottomsurface of the head and foot postscross bars 31. The said pins 29 mayalso be provided with a short vertical portion 30:: for engagement withthe bottom of the spring 15 and the said pins may be vertically adjustedby means of thumb nuts 32. The slides 27 are each provided with a slot33 through which passes a screw 34 for limiting the inward and outwardmovement of the slides.

The crib head and foot frames 21 and 22 are each provided with a bearingbracket 35 (see Fig. 2) through which pass threaded pins or rods 29awhich are similar in construction to the pins 29, and are verticallyadjustable by means of the wing nuts 32.

In Figure 3, I have shown a modified form of the invention in which Iinterpose a bracket 40 between the sides and ends of the crib, the saidbrackets being provided with slots 41 and are slidable upon pins orstuds 42. These brackets are used to support the crib directly upon thebed frame in cases where no relative give or movement between the bedand crib is desired.

In Figures 5 and 6 I have shown a form of my invention wherein the cribis secured to the bed by means of laterally adjustable securing meanscarried by the crib head and foot frames 21 and 22 respectively. Thesaid securing means comprises a pair of channels 4:5, one secured to thehead post 21, and the other to the foot post 22, each of the saidchannels slidably supporting a slide 46 provided with a. slot 47 throughwhich passes a screw 48 which threads into the channel 45. The saidchannels 45 terminate at one end in a bearing 49 and the slides 46terminate in similar bearings 50 at the opposite ends in which bearingsthere are maintained the securing screws 29 vertically adjustable bymeans of the wing nuts 32. In the construction just described, the cribmay be secured to various widths of beds.

It will be noted that in both forms of my invention, one of the cribsides may be swung down upon the pins 42 by removing the hinge pins 25,and the entire crib may be disassembled by loosening the wing nuts 32after the said hinge pins are removed. It will also he noted that nomarring of the sides of the bed is possible as the pins 29 may eitherengage the underside of the bed rails or bed ends or they may engage thespring or other elements secured to the bed frame.

From the foregoing, it will be seer: that I have provided means forsecuring a superposed crib to a bed, the said means being adapted to besecured either to the crib sides or ends andadjusted longitudinally orlaterally of the bed.

It will further be seen that the crib structure may be rapidly assembledand disassembled and stored away when not in use.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent is:

l. A crib frame adapted to be superposed upon a bed, a slideway securedto one side of the crib frame, a slide at each end of the slidewaytelescopically arranged therein, a bearing in each of the slidesextending outwardly of the slideway, a threaded hook slidably carried insaid bearings and engaging under a bedstead rail, nuts thre .,d-

ed on the hooks and engaging the bearings for tightening the hooksagainst the rail and similar studs and nuts carried at the opposite sideof the crib for securing the crib to the bed.

2. A crib frame adapted to be superposed upon a bed, a slideway at eachend of the crib frame, a slide in each of the slideways, a threaded hookcarried by each of the slides and engaging under a bedstead rail, nutsthreaded on the hooks and engaging the slides for tightening the hooksagainst the rails, and similar hooks and nuts carried at the oppositeside of the bed.

3. A crib frame adapted to be superposed u'pon a bed, comprising a headportion, a foot portion, sides, hinges connecting the sides to the headportions and foot portions, removably maintained pins in the hinges,studs upon which the crib sides are adapted to be swung downwardly whenthe pins are removed, slide and slideway structures carried by the crib,and screw threaded hooks carried by the said structures to lockinglyengage the bed under a bedstead rail, and means for maintaining the saidhooks in said engagement.

4. A crib frame adapted to be superposed upon a bed, a slide andslideway secured to one side of the crib, hooks slidably mounted in thesaid slide and slideway adapted to engage the bed under a bedstead rail,means connected with the hooks for adjusting their position in the slideand slideway, and similar hooks and means at the opposite side of thecrib for securing the crib to the bed 5. Ir. a crib frame adapted to besuperposed upon bed, a slide and slideway secured to one side of thecrib, hooks slidably mounted in the said slide and slideway adapted toengage the bed under a bedstead rail, and means connected with the hooksfor adjusting their position in the slide and slideway.

FRANK W. XIQUES.

